Canadian indie-rock band Stars back in Singapore on Feb 19 with fresh tunes

Critically acclaimed indie artists Stars are returning to Singapore to perform live with their latest tunes. The Canadian indie-rock band will perform at the Kallang Theatre on Feb 19, playing songs from their new album, The North (2012), which many music critics have lauded as a pleasant pop gem that shows off their solid songcraft. The North, Stars' sixth studio album, was written in the Laurentians, a mountain region in Quebec, north of Montreal, where the band stayed in a rented house for 10 days. Vocalist and guitarist Amy Millan, 39, said in a telephone interview from Switzerland, where Stars was touring recently: "What works best for us is when we got together and rent a beautiful house far away from the city, and hunker down, have meals with each other. It makes it more natural for us to come together to write in that environment." Stars, comprising Millan, lead si...